Bill Longley-Cook, Author at Simplifi Solutions

15th December 2022

SI 2022/1366

SI 2022/1366. The Greenhouse Gas Emissions Trading Scheme (Amendment) (No. 3) Order 2022. Comes into force 1st January 2023. These Regulations amend SI 2020/1265 UK ETS Order to include flights from Great Britain to Switzerland within the definition of aviation activity.

15th December 2022

SI 2022/1334

SI 2022/1334. The Merchant Shipping (Control of Harmful Anti-Fouling Systems on Ships) Order 2022. Comes into force 15th December. This Order makes provision, and enables regulations to be made, to give effect to the International Convention on the Control of Harmful Anti-Fouling Systems on Ships, 2001.

14th December 2022

Consultation on amendments to Contracts for Difference

Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy is consulting on potential amendments to future rounds of the Contracts for Difference (CfD)scheme. Consultation closes 7th February 2023. These amendments include a proposal to make electricity supplied by private wire to offshore oil and gas facilities ineligible for CfD payments. The consultation also covers questions about:;

whether the definition of floating offshore wind should be amended to reflect the evolving nature of this new and emerging technology If offshore wind farms connected to a multi-purpose interconnector should be eligible to apply for a CfD and how this could be enabled how phasing policy should be retained for fixed-bottom offshore wind projects whether the current CfD appeals process remains appropriate in line with annual auctions the CfD is an appropriate mechanism to support repowered projects and questions around how this could be facilitated

12th December 2022

EU 2022/2400

EU 2022/2400. Regulation amending Annexes IV and V to Regulation (EU) 2019/1021 on persistent organic pollutants. Comes into force 10th June 2023. The regulations amend the Annexes by including pentachlorophenol, dicofol and PFOA, its salts and PFOA-related compounds, as well as PFHxS, its salts and PFHxS-related compounds and indicating their corresponding concentration limits.